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Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky faces 52 charges of sexual abuse stemming from allegations from at least 10 boys over the last two decades. To protect their identities in court documents, prosecutors have given each of the boys an anonymous title, from "Victim 1" to "Victim 10." These are their stories:

n Victim 1: (Age 17-18) The first accuser to report the alleged abuse to the authorities. He met Sandusky in June 2005 at age 11 or 12 through the former coach's Second Mile program. Two years later, Sandusky invited the boy to stay at his home and would "crack his back," which the boy described as Sandusky getting onto the bed and rolling under him. He says Sandusky also performed oral sex on him more than 20 times.

n Victim 2: (Age 21-22) The boy in the shower. As of the initial grand jury report last November, prosecutors had not positively identified him. The description of his February 2001 incident came from Mike McQueary, a then-28-year-old graduate assistant coach. McQueary said he saw the boy, about 10 years old, naked, with his hands up against the wall as Sandusky sexually assaulted him.

n Victim 3: (Age 24) He met Sandusky in July 1999 while in seventh grade through the Second Mile program, a charity Sandusky founded for at-risk youths. Sandusky invited the boy to his home for dinner, to Penn State football games and to the team's practice facility. Sandusky and the boy exercised and showered together. Sandusky rubbed the boy's shoulders, washed his hair and gave him bear hugs. The boy tells investigators Sandusky became aroused while hugging him from behind. At Sandusky's home, the boy said, Sandusky came into his room, rubbed his shoulder and the inside of his thigh, blew on his stomach and touched his genitals.

n Victim 4: (Age 27) He met Sandusky in 1996 or 1997 at age 12 or 13 through the Second Mile program. He said Sandusky took him on the team trip to the Outback Bowl in Tampa in January 1999 and often stayed with Sandusky and the team at the Toftrees resort near the Penn State campus the night before home games and accompanied Sandusky to charity outings. Later, the boy said, Sandusky digitally penetrated him and routinely forced him to perform oral sex.

n Victim 5: (Age 22) He met Sandusky in 1995 or 1996 at age 7 or 8 through a Second Mile camp on the Penn State campus. Sandusky befriended the boy, taking him to at least 15 Penn State football games. The boy told investigators Sandusky would often put his hand on his left leg when they were driving in Sandusky's car, whenever the boy sat in the front seat. Other inappropriate contact occurred at the Lasch Building, according to prosecutors.

n Victim 6: (Age 24) Sandusky showered with the then-11-year-old boy on May 3, 1998 and washed his hair in the football locker room, prosecutors said. University Police and Child Protective Services investigated and detectives later listened in as Sandusky tells the boy's mother: "I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won't get it from you. I wish I were dead."

n Victim 7: (Age 26) He met Sandusky in 1994 at age 10 through the Second Mile program. Sandusky invited the boy to football games at Penn State and State College Area High School. The boy stayed at Sandusky's home the night before going to Penn State games. At times between September 1995 and December 1996, the boy said, Sandusky put his hand on the boy's left thigh while driving, on several occasions put his hand down the waistband of the boy's pants and showered with the boy in a team locker facility.

n Victim 8: (Age 23-25) In November 2000, according to prosecutors, a janitor named Jim Calhoun observed Sandusky in the assistant coaches' shower room pinning a young boy against the wall and performing oral sex on him. Calhoun later developed dementia.

n Victim 9: (Age 18) He met Sandusky in July 2005 at age 12 through the Second Mile program. Sandusky took the boy to Penn State football games and gave him gifts and money. During stays at Sandusky's house, the boy said, Sandusky became "touchy feely," going from hugging, cuddling and tickling to full on sexual contact. Sandusky also took the boy to the Hilton Garden Inn in State College to workout, swim and use a hot tub. At the hotel, the boy said, Sandusky exposed his erect penis and forced the boy to perform oral sex.

n Victim 10: (Age 25) A self-described "troubled child." He participated in the Second Mile program and met Sandusky there in September 1997. Sandusky invited the boy to Penn State football games, pregame tailgates and meals at his home. They wrestled in Sandusky's basement and swam in a campus pool. During the wrestling sessions, the boy said, Sandusky performed oral sex on the boy and forced him to do the same.

n B.K.: A boy who said he was subjected to same treatment as Victim 6, but could not be subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury because he was stationed overseas with the military.

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